At age 80 and after 40 years of “Service” in the U.S. House, the gentleman from Harlem has been thrown under the bus by America’s first combined African-American president and mongrel.

In doing this dastardly deed, President Obama remarked that the 13 ethics charges against Rangel are “very troubling” and went on to add that perhaps it was time for Charles Rangel to end his career “with dignity.”

Dignity?

Where and when has Charles Rangel ever been confused with even a smattering of dignity?

Even so, Rangel was owed more respect than Obama was able, or willing, to muster on the occasion of Rangel’s official demise.

Rangel thus joins the Reverend Jeremiah Wright and a host of other friends and family whose dealings with Obama are no longer worth it to The One.

In Rangel’s case, love him or hate him, Charles was always good for laughs, unless you happen to be a liberal suffering anxiety attacks when pondering the November 2 elections, and the prospects that John Boehner will pry the Speaker’s gavel from the cold, wrinkled fingers of a deposed Nancy Pelosi.

A bit of free advise for the president: Do not look now, but there is another mongrel headed your way, this one a female from California. Save some room under that bus for Maxine Watters as she is also headed to trial this September.

30.7.10

While campaigning for take over of the U.S. House by Democrats in 2006, she had such high hopes for elevating the quality of politicians serving in The People’s House.

If only the American people would install a Democrat majority, she argued, corruption, greed, fraud, lying, and mean-spirited neglect would be replaced by Angels of Liberalism, souls so spiritually pure that wrong would never again be countenanced in the House.

She would, she promised, drain the swamp and clean out the riff raff and bottom dwellers!

She would smoke out, and destroy, House members affiliated with the Culture of Corruption, thereby saving America from all manner of debauchery!

She would restore public confidence in the honesty and integrity of elected officials by eradicating the unworthy from the ranks of the U.S. House!

Then the unthinkable actually happened: The people of America ceded the U.S. House to Marxists and morons, and as a result, Nancy Pelosi proved, beyond a doubt, the existence of the Peter Principle by absconding with the Speaker’s gavel which, by default, meant she was the new Speaker.

Thus began the degradation of the esteemed U.S. House to its current sorry state as the Pelosi House of Ill Repute.

Two years ago, Charles Rangel started making negative news as allegations of tax impropriety began to surface.

These revelations were particularly embarrassing to the “Swamp Lady,” as Nancy Pelosi was known in comedy clubs and other venues where honest people congregate to talk politics.

The joke was that Pelosi’s swamp cleaner was programmed to spit out only members with an R next to their names, thereby leaving blobs of corruption like Rangel unscathed.

Still, Pelosi defended her chubby tax cheat and refused for the longest time to challenge Rangel to abandon his spot as the Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means.

Month after month, Pelosi continued to stand strong in her stubborn defense of Charles Rangel, waiting, she said. for more definitive proof and facts.

Then last Thursday a House panel made public 13 charges of misusing office and tax and disclosure violations against Rangel as it opened the trial phase of the ethics proceedings against him.

Trial phase? Good golly, Madam Speaker, this sounds serious!

With the release of the public charges, many powerful Democrats, including President Barack Obama, have suggested that now is the time for Charles Rangel to end his career with “dignity”—and before even more damage is done to the Democrats’ chances in the upcoming elections.

In spite of the political firestorm that is consuming Charles Rangel, Nancy Pelosi has, as of this moment, made no statement, has uttered no new support or condemnation for the rotund rascal from Harlem.

Which leads to the pressing question: What Say Ye NOW About Charles Rangel, Speaker Pelosi?

29.7.10

With her activist ruling against SB 1070, Judge Susan Bolton has kept the illegal alien issue front and center and in the public consciousness just three months before the mid-term elections.

That may be very bad news for Democrats since the majority of Americans support SB 1070 and want something done about the millions of invaders that have ignored our borders and laws while costing taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars a year.

When it comes time to cast a ballot on November 2, we the people will remember:

* Democrats in the U.S. House gave standing ovations to Mexican President Felipe Calderon as he assaulted the sovereign state of Arizona for protecting American citizens.

* Democrat President Barack Obama took the side of illegal aliens and Mexico against American citizens when he chose to sue the state of Arizona over SB 1070.

* Former President Bill Clinton, a Democrat, appointed Susan Bolton to the judiciary which put her in a position to sabotage the will of the people in Arizona.

In summary, the Democrat Party no longer cares about U.S. sovereignty, the rule of law, fundamental fairness, or defending American citizens from invading foreigners.

Truly, Democrats are the “Illegal alien” party.

Their allegiance is to those who can increase their numbers and improve their prospects for retaining power, rather than to the American people.

A word of caution to those who have openly sold out to invading criminals for future votes: We will remember on November 2!

Has there ever been a more incompetent, clueless loser in the Oval Office than #44, the one and, hopefully, only Barack Obama?

BHO is much like King Midas, except that everything Obama touches turns to baby dodo.

For, example, on July 19, Obama brought three Americans who had suffered long-term unemployment into the Rose Garden where he delivered an urgent plea for Congress to extend unemployment benefits.

One of the three out-of-work victims was one Leslie Macko, about who Obama said the following:

"We need to extend unemployment compensation benefits for women like Leslie Macko, who lost her job at a fitness center last year, and has been looking for work ever since. Because she's eligible for only a few more weeks of unemployment, she's doing what she never thought she'd have to do. Not at this point, anyway. She's turning to her father for financial support," Obama said in his speech.

Vetting and checking the facts have never been a strong suit for Team Obama.

No exception this time, because, as it turns out, Ms. Macko’s difficulty in finding work might have had more to do with her rap sheet than with Obama’s jobless economy.

As reported at Newsplex.com, in part:

“Charlottesville resident Leslie Macko was once employed at ACAC in the Albemarle Square Shopping Center. In April 2009, she lost her job as an aesthetician in the spa at ACAC. “

"President Barack Obama called on Congress last week to extend unemployment insurance. Macko stood next to the President of the United States as his example of the need to extend jobless benefits.

"CBS19's Jessica Jaglois has learned that Macko was found guilty of prescription drug fraud in March 2009, one month before Macko lost her job at ACAC. She served a one year probationary sentence.

"Macko joined two other unemployed people and President Obama at the podium for a speech designed to encourage lawmakers to extend jobless benefits. “

27.7.10

Barney Frank, Nancy Pelosi's loyal House fairy, is also a roaring tightwad according to a report from the NY Post (Reference 1) repeated below, in part:

“Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank caused a scene when he demanded a $1 senior discount on his ferry fare to Fire Island's popular gay haunt, The Pines, last Friday.

“Frank was turned down by ticket clerks at the dock in Sayville because he didn't have the required Suffolk County Senior Citizens ID. A witness reports, "Frank made such a drama over the senior rate that I contemplated offering him the dollar to cool down the situation."

“Frank made news last year when he was spotted looking uncomfortable around a bevy of topless, well-built men at the Pines Annual Ascension Beach Party.

“Frank's spokesperson confirmed to Page Six that his partner, James Ready, asked the ticket office for a regular ticket for himself and a senior ticket for Frank, "but was turned down because Frank didn't have a resident ID”

Barney Frank: Carefully watching every dollar of his money while wasting yours!

Waller informs us that "Mexico has a radical idea for a rational immigration policy that most Americans would love. However, Mexican officials haven’t been sharing that idea with us as they press for the U.S. Congress to adopt the Marxist immigration reform bill."

Waller adds: "That’s too bad, because Mexico, which annually deports more illegal aliens than the United States does, has much to teach us about how it handles the immigration issue.

Under Mexican law, it is a felony to be an illegal alien in Mexico."

Waller sharpens his point by commenting on the unnerving tendency of some legal scholars in the U.S. to use foreign laws as a reference point for deciding issues in America.

Waller states, "At a time when the Supreme Court and many politicians seek to bring American law in line with foreign legal norms, it’s noteworthy that nobody has argued that the U.S. look at how Mexico deals with immigration and what it might teach us about how best to solve our illegal immigration problem."

And whereas U.S. laws are often cumbersome, complex instruments fathomable only to lawyers who charge upwards of $300 an hour, things are more to the point in Mexican law.

Again, quoting Waller from the referenced link: "Mexico has a single, streamlined law that ensures that foreign visitors and immigrants are:

• In Mexico legally;

• Have the means to sustain themselves economically;

• Not destined to be burdens on society;

• Of economic and social benefit to society;

• Of good character and have no criminal records; and

• Contributors to the general well being of the nation.

"The law also ensures that:

• Authorities have a record of each foreign visitor;

• Foreign visitors do not violate their visa status;

• Foreign visitors are banned from interfering in the country’s internal politics;

• Foreign visitors who enter under false pretenses are imprisoned or deported;

• Foreign visitors violating the terms of their entry are imprisoned or deported;

• Those who aid in illegal immigration will be sent to prison."

Who could disagree with such a law? It makes perfect sense," Waller states with unassailable logic.

Unfortunately, very little "perfect sense" is obvious in the ongoing debate on immigration reform here in the United States. Rather, the interests of the American people are often ignored or made subordinate by politicians from both parties.

Of greater interest to some in Washington, D.C., is feeding an insatiable corporate appetite for cheap labor, satisfying a wicked lust for cheap votes, and giving in to an inexplicable drive to promote America's decay into a third-world abyss.

These ignoble interests trump rule of law, homeland security, economic and social stability, and preservation of American language and culture in the minds of some elected officials sworn to uphold and defend the U.S. Constitution.

By contrast, Waller notes that Mexican law and officials are focused on numero uno--that being Mexico!

Waller writes, "The Mexican constitution strictly defines the rights of citizens – and the denial of many fundamental rights to non-citizens, both illegal and illegal.

"Under the constitution, the Ley General de Población, or General Law on Population spells out specifically the country’s immigration policy.

"It is an interesting law – and one that should cause us all to ask, 'Why is our southern neighbor pushing us to water down our own immigration laws and policies, when its own immigration restrictions are the toughest on the continent?'

"If a felony is a crime punishable by more than one year in prison, then Mexican law makes it a felony to be an illegal alien in Mexico.

"If the United States adopted such statutes, Mexico no doubt would denounce them as a manifestation of American racism and bigotry."

Waller supports his main thesis by citing key articles of Mexico's mainlaw.

Again quoting from the commentary at http://www.citizensforaconstitutionalrepublic.com/waller5-8-06.html:

"We looked at the immigration provisions of the Mexican constitution. Now let’s look at Mexico’s main immigration law.

"Mexico welcomes only foreigners who will be useful to Mexican society:

• Foreigners are admitted into Mexico “according to their possibilities ofcontributing to national progress.” (Article 32)

• Immigration officials must 'ensure' that 'immigrants will be useful elements for the country and that they have the necessary funds for their sustenance' and for their dependents. (Article 34)

• Foreigners may be barred from the country if their presence upsets 'theequilibrium of the national demographics,' when foreigners are deemeddetrimental to 'economic or national interests,' when they do not behave likegood citizens in their own country, when they have broken Mexican laws, andwhen 'they are not found to be physically or mentally healthy.' (Article 37)

• The Secretary of Governance may 'suspend or prohibit the admission offoreigners when he determines it to be in the national interest.' (Article 38)

• Mexican authorities must keep track of every single person in the country:

• Federal, local and municipal police must cooperate with federal immigrationauthorities upon request, i.e., to assist in the arrests of illegal immigrants. (Article73)

• A National Population Registry keeps track of 'every single individual whocomprises the population of the country,' and verifies each individual’s identity.(Articles 85 and 86)

• A national Catalog of Foreigners tracks foreign tourists and immigrants (Article 87), and assigns each individual with a unique tracking number (Article 91).

Foreigners with fake papers, or who enter the country under false pretenses, may be imprisoned:

• Foreigners with fake immigration papers may be fined or imprisoned. (Article116)

• Foreigners who sign government documents 'with a signature that is false ordifferent from that which he normally uses' are subject to fine and imprisonment. (Article 116)

Foreigners who fail to obey the rules will be fined, deported, and/or imprisoned as felons:

• Foreigners who fail to obey a deportation order are to be punished. (Article 117)

• Foreigners who are deported from Mexico and attempt to re-enter the country without authorization can be imprisoned for up to 10 years. (Article 118)

• Foreigners who violate the terms of their visa may be sentenced to up to six years in prison (Articles 119, 120 and 121). Foreigners who misrepresent the terms of their visa while in Mexico – such as working with out a permit – can also be imprisoned.

• Under Mexican law, illegal immigration is a felony. The General Law on Population says,

• A penalty of up to two years in prison and a fine of three hundred to fivethousand pesos will be imposed on the foreigner who enters the countryillegally. (Article 123)

• Foreigners with legal immigration problems may be deported from Mexicoinstead of being imprisoned. (Article 125)

• Foreigners who 'attempt against national sovereignty or security' will bedeported. (Article 126)

• Mexicans who help illegal aliens enter the country are themselves consideredcriminals under the law.

• A Mexican who marries a foreigner with the sole objective of helping theforeigner live in the country is subject to up to five years in prison. (Article 127)

• Shipping and airline companies that bring undocumented foreigners into Mexico will be fined. (Article 132)"

Waller summarizes his review of Mexican law with this statement: "All of the above runs contrary to what Mexican leaders are demanding of the United States. The stark contrast between Mexico’s immigration practices versus its American immigration preaching is telling. It gives a clear picture of the Mexican government’s agenda: to have a one-way immigration relationship with the United States."

Waller concludes his excellent work with a challenge that should be visited upon all 535 members of the U.S. Congress and President Obama as they consider immigration reform.

Waller's challenge:

"Let’s call Mexico’s bluff on its unwarranted interference in U.S. immigration policy.

Let’s propose, just to make a point, that the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) member nations standardize their immigration laws by using Mexico’s own law as a model."

Congratulations to J. Michael Waller.* His is a voice of sanity that needs to be heard, especially by inmates wandering the halls and cloak rooms of Capitol Hill and 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

*J. Michael Waller is vice president for Information Operations at the Center for Security Policy. A journalist and author, he brings expertise in terrorism, intelligence, the former Soviet Union, and the Americas. He previously served as a consultant to the U.S. Department of State.

26.7.10

Taxes, taxes, and even more taxes are the obsession of every liberal politician ever to hold elective office. Next to reckless spending, there is nothing that brings greater joy and pleasure to a clueless liberal than levying taxes.

Joe Biden, America’s court jester and Vice President rolled up into one ball of embarrassed laughs for all, has even gone so far as to suggest that paying more taxes is the patriotic thing to do!

Senator John Kerry Massachusetts, normally an ultra-liberal by most measures, appears to lack the patriotism that Joe Biden finds so American.

Indeed, while Kerry may revel in the delights of levying taxes on others, the man goes damn near Republican when it comes to paying taxes, even though the money originates in the deep pockets of Kerry’s sugar mum, the unlovable Teresa Heinz.

As reported at reference 1, in part:

“BOSTON (WBZ) ― Senator John Kerry found himself answering questions Monday about his new $7 million yacht and the controversy about where he's docking it.

"There's nothing more to say about it," he told reporters at an event at the former South Weymouth Naval Air Station Monday.

The "Isabel" is docked in Rhode Island rather than at Kerry's summer home on Nantucket or in Boston Harbor. That means he avoids paying nearly $500,000 in taxes to Massachusetts and he doesn't have to pay a $70,000-a-year excise tax.

"Last week, when the Boston Herald broke the story, Kerry's office released a statement saying, "The boat was designed by and purchased from a company in Rhode Island, and it's based in Newport at the Newport Shipyard for long term maintenance, upkeep and charter purposes, not tax reasons."

Not for tax reasons, Senator?

That being the case, sir, why not have Teresa write a check for $570,000 to the state of Rhode Island?

They could use the money, you know, and such an act of generosity would make Joe Biden’s day!

Do it to prove that those Swift Boat bums were wrong and that John Kerry is a very patriotic American!

25.7.10

Barring a preliminary injunction by some warped leftist judge, Arizona’s SB 1070 will go into force next Thursday.

If that blessed event comes to pass, the Grand Canyon state will become the nation’s leader in efforts to restore grace and honor to the rule of law, American sovereignty, common sense, and the U.S. Constitution, all of which have been vulgarly spat upon by Marxists now occupying Washington, D.C.

As reported by reuters.com (reference 1), in part, illegal aliens are doing Arizona a huge favor by leaving the state early:

“PHOENIX, July 25 (Reuters) - Nicaraguan mother Lorena Aguilar hawks a television set and a few clothes on the baking sidewalk outside her west Phoenix apartment block.

"A few paces up the street, her undocumented Mexican neighbor Wendi Villasenor touts a kitchen table, some chairs and a few dishes as her family scrambles to get out of Arizona ahead of a looming crackdown on illegal immigrants.

"Everyone is selling up the little they have and leaving," said Villasenor, 31, who is headed for Pennsylvania. "We have no alternative. They have us cornered."

"The law, the toughest imposed by any U.S. state to curb illegal immigration, seeks to drive more than 400,000 undocumented day laborers, landscapers, house cleaners, chambermaids and other workers out of Arizona, which borders Mexico.

"It makes being an illegal immigrant a state crime and requires state and local police, during lawful contact, to investigate the status of anyone they reasonably suspect of being an illegal immigrant.”

As could be expected, there are those who see nothing but racism and bigotry in SB 1070.

For example, one confused illegal alien was quoted as saying, “"They wanted to drive Hispanics out of Arizona and they have succeeded even before the law even comes into effect," said one mother of three young children.

Sorry about the confusion mum, but SB 1070 is merely trying to combat the flow of invading criminals, those with no legal or moral basis for being here, from coming in violation of our borders and laws. It applies to all races.

It is similar to what Mexico does to invaders from south of its borders, except that illegal aliens in Arizona do not face kidnap, rape, and murder as is the case in Mexico!

Here is hoping that SB 1070 is allowed to become the law of the land in Arizona next Thursday and that lawmakers there can concentrate on ending the scourge known as “Anchor Babies,” another rip off of America by free loaders and scam artists from south of the U.S.

As the illegal alien population migrates back to Mexico, the invaders will cry Adios, and American citizens will respond with Gracias!

Unlike most red-necked conservative intellectuals living in the Bay Area, I have never found it particularly difficult to "watch" my weight.

With a size 50 waist, three or more double chins, and a neck size scarcely below triple digits, how in Hades can I NOT watch my weight?

After years of battling neurotic doctors, "ideal weight" charts pushed by corporate interests intent on earning windfall profits from a man-made pandemic of expensive-to-treat anexoria, and scales that lie without shame, I have finally surrendered.

Effective immediately, in the best interests of my fragile sanity, I will no longer weight myself, or allow myself to be weighed.

Period, end of discussion.

Consider the relevant facts, please.

Weighing one's self can lead to depression, anxiety, and fat. In fact, politicians could do the public far more good by outlawing scales instead of worrying about Trans-fats, cholesterol, salt, carbohydrates, and other innocuous items in the diet of all normal Americans.

Think about the mental games one plays when engaged in the Fit or Fat numbers game:

On the odd occasion when the scale actually shows a weight loss, one's food -addicted brain immediately sends a crazy message to one's stomach that goes something like this:

"Bravo! and Sayonara to being fat. This is cause for celebration, so bring on a few five-pound boxes of fudge and as much buttered popcorn as can be stuffed into the family min-van and a U-Haul trailer!"

If, on the other hand, the scale reveals a weight gain, one's scheming brain sends the following distorted message to one's weight management center:

"Idiot! Just as we warned you, it is hopeless and a complete waste of time to even try to lose weight! To hell with celery sticks and water.

"Bring on a dozen BBQed short ribs, three pounds of mashed potatoes smothered in real butter, and any fudge and popcorn not consumed this morning when you celebrated that short-lived weight loss!"

And so it is in the wild and wacky world of weight management, or mismanagement to be more precise.

Just last week, Obama stated publicly that all Americans were "surprised, disappointed and angry" to learn of Megrahi's release.

Hmmmmm.

Odd that, given a report which has surfaced at theaustralian.com (Reference 1) indicating quite the opposite.

As reported there, in part:

“THE US government secretly advised Scottish ministers it would be "far preferable" to free the Lockerbie bomber than jail him in Libya.

“Correspondence obtained by The Sunday Times reveals the Obama administration considered compassionate release more palatable than locking up Abdel Baset al-Megrahi in a Libyan prison.

“The intervention, which has angered US relatives of those who died in the attack, was made by Richard LeBaron, deputy head of the US embassy in London, a week before Megrahi was freed in August last year on grounds that he had terminal cancer.

“The document, acquired by a well-placed US source, threatens to undermine US President Barack Obama's claim last week that all Americans were "surprised, disappointed and angry" to learn of Megrahi's release.

“The US has tried to keep the letter secret, refusing to give permission to the Scottish authorities to publish it on the grounds it would prevent future "frank and open communications" with other governments.”

Whatever happened to all those promises of “transparency” and open, honest government, Mr. President?

24.7.10

San Francisco's very own Nancy Pelosi was at the forefront of the liberal capture of the U.S. House of Representatives four years ago with her silly rhetoric to "Drain the Swamp," shut down the "Culture of Corruption," and other mindless slogans.

In a historic misreading of voter sentiment, once the 2006 election was final, Madam Speaker immediately impounded the Speaker’s Gavel and boldly trumpeted the emergence of a "New Day in America."

Less than four years later, it is clear that Pelosi's much- ballyhooed swamp cleaner needs a major overhaul so as to ferret out the worst manner of muck feeding at the very bottom of the swamp.

Specifically, Pelosi needs to reboot her sleaze screen to catch the likes of alleged tax fraud Rep. Charles Rangel whose protestations of innocence will be put to the test after a House investigative panel announced that Rangel would face a public ethics trial over findings that he had violated a range of ethics rules.

For the record, Rangel is a liberal Democrat. Apparently, Pelosi’s draining of the swamp applied only to corrupt Republicans!

Which causes one to challenge another goofy Pelosism, the one in which she declared, “Perhaps it will take a woman to clean the U.S. House."

That may be true, but in view of Pelosi’s pathetic record, it is clear that just being a woman is not nearly enough.

Indeed, when it comes to the Speaker of the U.S. House, the American people deserve a competent and ethical leader, regardless of gender.

Shipping Pelosi back to San Francisco come November with her wonky swamp cleaner in tow will truly bring about a "New Day in America," and one worthy of mass celebration!

23.7.10

After congratulating himself for yet another devastating assault on free market capitalism, President Obama, flanked by the likes of Chris Dodd and Barney Frank, declared victory for enactment of the so-called financial reform bill.

However, the vital question ignored by the president and his subjects in the mainstream media is: Victory over what, and for whom?

For example:

Will mortgage giants Fannie Mae (FNMA) and Freddie Mac (FMAC) be held accountable for their roles in the housing/mortgage crash?

Will taxpayer bailouts of FNMA and FMAC be halted?

Will my home regain some of the loss in value inflicted since Obama “saved” the economy?

Will foreclosures be cut off before one million home owners are booted out of their castles in 2010 alone?

Will tax cuts for middle class Americans be delivered as promised by Obama?

Will personal bankruptcies be replaced with good tidings of prosperity for all?

Will my meager 401(k) retirement nest egg be protected from the ravages of Wall Street fraud and, even more ominous, Obama fraud?

Will unemployment drop below 8 percent as Obama promised when he misused one trillion dollars of taxpayer money on his “stimulus” fiasco?

Will federal spending and the deficit be curtailed before Washington, D.C. becomes another Athens?

Will the interest rates on my credit card accounts plummet and become post-usury?

Will the epidemic of bank failures throughout the land be reversed and cured?

Will “Recovery Summer” become more of a reality rather than simply a mindless slogan?

Of course, these questions are strictly rhetorical.

Everyone knows that Obama is incapable of providing the leadership needed to solve the thorny issues facing the little people.

22.7.10

Several invaluable lessons were imparted as a result of the Shirley Sherrod debacle:

All Humans ARE Capable of Racism

Over the years, it has been argued (illogically) by some that racism is an evil that lingers only in the hearts and minds of Caucasians. That myth was laid to rest in spades as Sherrod described her racist thoughts and beliefs and eventual abandonment of that wrong.

Knee-Jerk Reactions Exacerbate Rather Than Ease

Once again, the Obama administration reacted impulsively to an explosive racial issue and, in doing so, made the situation worse.

As was the case last summer when Obama chastened a white police officer for arresting a black professor at Harvard and friend of the president without knowing the facts, this time the ax of “stupidity” fell on Shirley Sherrod who was fired before the facts were known.

Obama’s Lack of Competence Includes Race

Candidate Obama promised to usher in the post-racial era of tolerance and mutual respect. However, President Obama is just as incompetent on this issue as he is with the economy, terrorism, immigration, health care, and every other major issue for which competent leadership is needed.

Using Race As Political Weapon Prevents Healing

Has America reached the point where intelligent discourse about race is impossible?

Rather than addressing the issue responsibly, political weasels on both sides of the spectrum use race as a political club to distort and discredit opponents.

The article and video concerning Shirley Sherrod are excellent examples of using race as a wedge or club, in this case to discredit the NACCP.

Think that 12-40 million illegal aliens is an issue that should be addressed by securing the borders and deporting the illegals? Then you are a racist!

Oppose higher taxes, abortion and other parts of the Obama agenda and protest same as part of the Tea Party movement? Then you are a racist!

Racial relations will never improve until both sides discontinue the practice of using the R word as an offensive weapon for political gain.

Unfortunately, America does not have reasoned leadership on this critical issue.

20.7.10

Shirley Sherron was an official with the USDA in Georgia until Monday when she was allowed to resign following release of a video which shows her boasting of discrimination against white farmers.

Sherron’s candid remarks were apparently delivered at an NAACP banquet in March as shown in the You Tube video linked below.

As also reported at reference 1, in part:

“During her controversial speech, Sherrod discussed the first time she was "faced with having to help a white farmer save his farm." She claims that during the conversation, the man "was trying to show me he was superior to me."

"I was struggling with the fact that so many black people had lost their farmland," Sherrod told the crowd. "And here I was faced with having to help a white person save their land."

"I didn't give him the full force of what I could do."

So, in what seems like an open and shut case of racial discrimination by a department of the U.S. government, why has President Obama not expressed outrage over Ms. Sherron’s “stupidity” and demanded a full and complete investigation of all departments to root out the likes of Shirley Sherron?

Where in Hades is Attorney General Eric Holder? Will his Department of Justice step up to the bar and look into this case of deliberate racial discrimination by a government employee?

The probability of justice being served in the Shirley Sherron case seems remote, at best, given Holder’s failure to take action against the New Black Panthers for voter intimidation in 2008.

Perhaps the government blurb which states that the U.S. "prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, and marital or family status" should be appeneded with the phrase, “except in the case of white folks with attitude” ?

“President Barack Obama took aim at Republican lawmakers Monday, accusing them of holding the public hostage to Washington politics by blocking extended unemployment benefits for millions of out of work Americans.

"It's time to do what's right, not for the next election, but for the middle class," Obama said in a presidential jawboning statement in the Rose Garden Monday morning.”

This from the man whose tax policies are the greatest single impediment to middle class prosperity and overall economic growth, and the same man who promised to cut middle class taxes.

Republicans need to hold their ground on this issue and remind Obama that it was he who signed a nearly trillion dollar “stimulus” bill which was supposed to save or create 3.5 to-4 million jobs, and keep unemployment below 8 percent.

That was nearly 18 months ago.

Today, 15 million Americans are still out of work, unemployment is closer to 11% than 8% and the federal deficit has exploded out of control.

Before agreeing to spend even one more nickel on unemployment, the GOP must demand a full and complete accounting for the trillion dollars that Obama promised would fix the economy.

Any stimulus monies not yet wasted on liberal nonsense should be used to fund any extension of unemployment benefits.

Come on conservatives! Take off those gloves and fight with all you got to prevent this Marxist community organizer and his radical colleagues in Congress from dumping even more debt on the backs of taxpayers.

Do it for the middle class, the poor, and God knows how many generations of unborn Americans!

For all of the shock and outrage surrounding Mel Gibson’s abusive language, it should be pointed out that the disgraced actor is hardly alone when it comes to the use of non-PC langauge.

In fact, Gibson’s rants are actually quite mild when compared to swome lyrics that are vile, racist, and misogynist and which advocate violence and murder against women.

Such lyrics, when performed by Rap artists, are considered an art form, a unique and essential contribution to the never-ending quest for a “diversity-rich” society.

Never mind that the so-called Rap music is loaded with the “N” word, the “F” word, the “C” word, the “B” word, and all of other FCC-banned words!

We are talking artistic expression usually from the deepest reaches of the soul of an abused black man who needs to be listened to—and made into a millionaire as compensation for all of his suffering.

There are exceptions, of course. When it comes to Rap music, a white fellow named Eminem is the exception, as he has become a huge success in a business dominated by artists who are people of color.

If Gibson could sober up long enough, he would be well advised to talk with Eminem and develop a business plan for a career in the Rap world where filth, misogamy, and racism can earn one fame and fortune, rather than scandal and scorn!

18.7.10

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger desperately needs to examine his priorities and life’s objectives. In doing so, the governor needs to answer the following question, honestly and forthrightly:

Does sleeping with a Kennedy (Marie) irreversibly turn a real man’s man, AKA “terminator,” into an Obama-like wuss?

The question is perfectly valid in light of Schwarzenegger’s pathetic mockery of border security at the behest of President Obama.

As reported at reference 1, in part:

“SACRAMENTO, CA - Gov. Schwarzenegger has signed an order that will send the California National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border to help stem illegal immigration.

Schwarzenegger indicated his support in June when President Obama announced the deployment of 1,200 National Guard members to secure the nation's southwestern border.

As part of that support. the governor's office announced Friday the temporary deployment of 224 California National Guard troops to the California-Mexico border."

224 troops, Governor?

Good heavens, man, there are more than 224 illegal aliens working in the Governor’s mansion on behalf of that Kennedy beach that you live with!

224—why even bother?

Sending 224 troops to the border is like taking a glass of water from the Pacific Ocean and boasting that you have made a difference in reducing the risk of flooding in case of a tsunami.

Bull excrement!

Arnold should have told Obama to get serious about border security and stay out of California until that has happened.

The Terminator should have told Obama that 1,200 troops at the border is about 118,000 shy of the minimum that should be deployed.

That’s right, if Schwarzenegger had any cajoles or brains he would have told Obama to send 120,000 armed warriors to the border to protect American lives and property from the drug dealers, whore mongers, and welfare cheats trying to turn our great nation into a third world disaster like Mexico.

Come on, Arnold! 224?

That’s an outrageous insult to anyone who respects U.S. sovereignty, the rule of law, and American culture!

Unlike weapons which can be disarmed and melted down into lawn furniture, illegal aliens reproduce with reckless abandon, steal welfare, food stamp, education, and health care benefits to which they are not entitled, and otherwise cause America to decay into the abyss of third-world misery.

Still, perhaps we can make a deal with the goofy Calderon. When he meets with the Mexican president next time, Obama should make the following offer:

America will stop weapons from flowing across the border into Mexico, provided that Mexico keeps its illiterate peasants from invading America.

Barack Obama’s seventh vacation since seizing office has raised the ire of some Republicans who should know better.

As reported at CNN.com, in part:

“The Republican National Committee launched a website blasting what it considers Obama's "leisure activities or missteps" during the oil disaster, like playing golf, attending concerts and vacationing in Asheville, North Carolina; Chicago, Illinois; and now Maine.”

"Presidents are certainly entitled to vacation, just like everybody else, but there is a fine line as to when presidents should do it, what they should and where they should do it," said Brad Blakeman, a former member of President George W. Bush's senior staff and the deputy assistant for appointments and scheduling."

Hold on a minute, fellow patriots!

While it is always a thrill to slam the Bama, this particular zinger seems ill conceived.

Think about it: Given the carnage that has befallen our nation during the first 18 months of the Obama occupation, isn’t America better off when this president is on the golf course, attending love-fests for Paul McCarthy, and otherwise dithering his way to a one-term presidency?

In truth, Obama should be encouraged to take even MORE vacations!

Remember, while this fellow is hiding on Waikiki Beach, he is not signing “stimulus” bills that do not stimulate, or health care fiascoes that make Americans sick, or implementing other anti-American policies from his stupid Marxist agenda.

Bottom Line: Obama on the beach is one hell of a lot better for America than Obama in the Oval Office!

16.7.10

Law and order took another monster step away from mankind this week as the New Jersey state Supreme Court ruled that police must explain implied consent laws to suspects in a language they understand.

In the case of German Marquez, that is most assuredly NOT English.

As reported at reference 1, in part:

“TRENTON — Police in New Jersey must explain the state's implied consent law to motorists in a language that they understand, the state Supreme Court ruled on Monday.

“In a 4-3 decision, the court overturned a conviction for refusing to take an alcohol breath test because the man, who spoke only Spanish, did not understand the consequences.

“The court found that a Plainfield police officer failed to inform German Marquez, who is from El Salvador, in Spanish that he would automatically lose his driver's license for seven months if he refused the test.

“Police had responded to a two-car accident in 2007. The officer initially asked in English for Marquez to show his license. When the officer repeated the request in Spanish, Marquez complied.”

Although the court ruling did not specifically mandate bilingual fluency, local police departments are rushing to update their procedures manuals to comply with the understood meaning of the decision.

For example, officers in Trenton are reportedly being trained to use several common phrases when dealing with Latino motorists caught in the cross-hairs of justice.

A partial list of the “Mucho loco” addendum to the Trenton Police Manual includes these jewels in Spanish:

* You are under arrest for drinking while brown and drunk(DWBAD)

* Running a STOP sign just because it is not in Spanish is not a viable defense

* You have the right to remain silent until your Spanish-speaking ACLU shyster slithers to your defense

* We cannot drive you to the El Salvadorian consulate and release you to their care

* Barack Obama does not take collect calls from drunken Latinos in New Jersey even though his poll numbers suck .However, we are authorized to take donations to the "Reelect Obama" Campaign but they are not tax deductible.

* Illegal aliens can vote for the Democrat of his/her choice at (address)

* A woman’s right to abort the life of an innocent child is inalienable; whereas execution of a convicted killer is cruel, unusual & barbaric

* Starving a helpless victim like Terri Schaivo to death is acceptable, but using lethal injection to end the life of a brutal killer is not

* Publicly wishing a friend or family member "Merry Christmas" is clearly an act of civil disobedience and is unconstitutional

* While symbols of Christianity must be hidden, Islam must be openly promoted in the name of religious tolerance

* Separation of church and state applies only to Christianity and Judaism

* Leveling the playing field between have and have-nots is the most important function of government, even more so than national defense and security.

* Tax cuts are wrong when returned to people who actually paid taxes, but perfectly fine when sent to those who paid none

* Paying higher taxes is the "Patriotic" thing to do

* Marriage is no longer necessary to sanctify man-woman relationships; however, it is absolutely essential that same-sex couples be allowed to marry

* Enforcing U.S. borders and immigration laws is wrong because it discriminates against Hispanics

* Those who support English as America's official language are racists, but those who prefer Spanish and other foreign languages over English are OK because of the inherent value of diversity

* Conservatives who seek to preserve American culture are hate mongers, whereas immigrants should be encouraged to celebrate their heritage even if it interferes with assimilation into mainstream America

* Skyrocketing energy costs devastate working American families, but protecting Alaskan wild life is a greater priority

* Outsourcing American jobs to foreign nations is driven by immoral corporate greed, but open borders and amnesty are acceptable because most illegal aliens are future Democrats

* Huge profits are obscene, except when enjoyed by Bill and Hillary Clinton, Oprah Winfrey, George Soros, and other liberals

* Military force must never be used, except when needed to obscure a Democrat president’s sexual misconduct in the Oval Office

Those who pose the greatest threat to America's liberty are NOT military veterans, citizens concerned about the invasion by illegal aliens, those who oppose higher taxes, or people who have strong religious faith.

Rather, the REAL danger comes from the likes of Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and other far-left extremists!

15.7.10

Meg Whitman is running for governor of California. Which, considering the state of that state, means she is either a glutton for punishment, or delusional, or both.

Whitman runs under the R brand against Democrat Jerry Brown who was elected governor 35 years ago, who was Mayor of Oakland for eight years, and who currently “serves” as California’s Attorney General.

Jerry Brown has been, and continues to be, an over-the-hill public menace that needs to be retired, either voluntarily, or by voters come November.

Unfortunately, Meg Whitman’s views on the crucial issue of illegal aliens are indistinguishable from those of moon beam Brown.

Whitman made that perfectly clear in a recent article titled “Americans Must Come Together to Address the Problem of Illegal Immigration.” (Reference 1).

Excerpts follow:

She said, in part:

“What has bothered Latinos for too long is the harsh rhetoric around the immigration debate. Too often, the debate has-been tinge with hurtful words or worse signaling intolerance to many Latinos.”

The Inconvenient Truth:

The “harsh rhetoric” that Whitman laments is not directed at legal immigration.

Rather, it is the result of the American people reaching the breaking point with the invasion of America by penniless, uneducated, unskilled, non-English speaking aliens from south of our borders.

The debate is about homeland security, American sovereignty, the rule of law, economic and social stability, and good old fashioned common sense.

The debate is about our nation spending $113 billion a year on millions of aliens who have no business being here, at a time when the national debt is soaring out of control and our nation is broke.

The debate is about the cost of educating illegal aliens, a cost that significantly impedes the ability of educators to provide a quality education for citizens.

The debate is about California spending $20 billion a year on illegal aliens while the state slithers towards bankruptcy.

The debate is about elected officials who refuse to enforce the law.

We Californians are indeed “intolerant”-- when it comes to those who refuse to honor and enforce our borders and laws. We the people have every right to demand that government secure the borders, enforce the laws, and remove illegal aliens through deportation, as provided for in existing law.

If that makes us “intolerant,” then so be it!

She said, in part:

“Former governor Brown seems to share many of my positions on immigration. He is also against Proposition 187 and is opposed to the new Arizona immigration law. It is clear when we examine our positions on immigration, there is little in what Jerry Brown and I are in disagreement.”

The Inconvenient Truth:

Being of the same persuasion as Jerry Brown on any issue should automatically disqualify any alleged Republican from seeking elective office.

Fact is Whitman’s opposition to California’s Proposition 187 is nothing more than hypocritical trolling for votes, a hideous practice most often associated with Democrats.

For the record Prop. 187 was approved by voters with nearly a 2-1 margin. The voter -approved measure was circumvented by a liberal judge and a corrupt liberal Governor (Gray Davis) who broke his campaign promise to honor the will of the people.

Prop. 187 would have denied benefits to illegal aliens. The idea was to take away the incentive for invaders to come to California in the first place.

Take away the free health care, food stamps, education, housing and other welfare items paid for by taxpayers, and the flow of illegal aliens across the border would slow to a mere trickle.

Whitman’s opposition to SB 1070 is equally outrageous, particularly for one who claims to be opposed to illegal invasions.

She and others claim that these laws are unacceptable because they are “divisive.” And 20-40 million illegal aliens among us is not?

She said, in part:

“We must find a fair and practical solution to the status of the millions of undocumented immigrants currently living in the United States.”

The Inconvenient Truth:

Undocumented immigrants, Ms. Whitman?

Use of that misleading term is a sure indicator of terminal fogginess on this issue.

Indeed “undocumented immigrant" is intended to deliberately skirt the issue of criminal invasion.

The fact is that illegal aliens Are NOT immigrants!

Migrating to America (legally) is, and should be, a long, drawn-out procedure meant to protect the interests of American citizens. It involves more than simply jumping a fence and heading north in pursuit of free health care, education, food stamps and other handouts paid for by taxpayers.

14.7.10

For the record, white people can be, and in fact are, subjected to racial profiling more often than is commonly known.

My personal experience with this barbaric practice took place at a Mexican grocery store in middle San Jose, affectionately known as “Little Mexico” to some, not so affectionately to others.

This store is exceptionally clean and the checkers, butchers, servers, and janitorial crew —all Hispanic—are cordial and friendly.

If you are fluent in Spanish, that is, which I am not and never will be.

A Spanish-language radio station plays Mexican music, and only Mexican music,on the store intercom, in Spanish of course.

Most of the customers are Hispanic and they converse only in Spanish. This includes the check out clerks and service personnel.

My racial profiling abuse came when I was standing in line to pay for some braised pork, called Carnitas.

All of the customers ahead of me were greeted in Spanish by the checker, but when the young lady spotted me she immediately broke into broken English with “How you, today?”

I answered her in unbroken English, without showing any of the inner seething that was playing havoc with my blood pressure over the racist treatment dumped on me.

After paying what I owed, I sought out the store manager and advised him of my racial profiling at the hands of the checker on counter 2.

In his broken English, he apologized and asked how he could make it up to me.

In English, I offered to settle for $25,000, cash.

At that point his Mexican face seemed to explode and his well-manicured mustache arched involuntarily into his nostrils. For a few seconds, he engaged in unintelligible stuttering and stammering as his head continued to disintegrate.

He then broke into a diatribe of angry shouting which, because it was in Spanish, meant nothing to me. However, even with my non-existent Spanish skills, I interpreted this wild outburst to mean 1) I was not going to my $25,000 any time soon, and 2)I was invited to leave the premises—pronto!

After calming down slightly, I decided to present the local ACLU shysters with an unprecedented challenge: Advocate on behalf of an abused white dude against a racist Mexican check out clerk and store manager!

Recognizing the importance of this issue to all Americans, I organized the facts and my desire to be represented by the ACLU in order to secure justice.

Unfortunately, the ACLU staff were at lunch; thus my urgent plea for rescue from the ravages of racial hatred was left as a voice-mail for the managing ACLU attorney.

Knowing the ACLU’s inherent bias against Caucasians, I decided to sweeten the pot a smidgen, so I offered to settle for $15,000 plus free Carnitas, with a side of fried rice, for three weeks. Hold the spicy salsa sauce, please.

That was two days ago. To date, I have received no reply from the ACLU.

If the ACLU fails to respond, my next step will be to file an appeal to the Civil Rights Commission and to Attorney General Eric Holder.

13.7.10

Now that it appears as though BP has successfully capped the oil leak in the Gulf, The One and his Chicago handlers are no doubt huddled in dark, secluded rooms of the White House writing out a script for Obama to use to in taking credit for ending the mess.

With the same brazen disregard for facts used in declaring that he “Saved” the U.S. economy and kept unemployment from even more hideous highs, and Joe Biden’s absurd claim of achievement in Iraq, so it will be that Team Obama will boldly declare that it was at Obama’s behest that the spill crisis was solved.

80 days on, mind you.

Obama will no doubt hold a prime-time television press conference to praise himself for saving the environment.

He will probably say something like:

“By keeping our feet on the necks of BP executives, we were able to solve a problem that Republicans said was hopeless. By using the might and force of big government, I have effectively “kicked ass” on behalf of the common man and woman.

“Or as BP likes to call them, the “little people.”

“Let the message go forth to board rooms, country clubs, and yachts, but not golfcourses, all over the world:

“The “Little People” have found a voice in this administration. Friends and neighbors, we inherited yet another crisis from the past administration, but with a righteous wind at our backs, we have prevailed.”

“As Michelle has so cleverly pointed out, there are thousands of miles of clean, pristine beaches for the American people to enjoy in the Gulf States.

The following press release (1) was issued by Congressman Steve King concerning the repeal of the Marxist health care fiasco passed by the Nancy Pelosi House of Ill Repute:

“Washington D.C.- Congressman Steve King (R-IA) today announced that efforts to force the House of Representatives to vote on legislation providing for a 100% repeal of “Obamacare” continued to gain momentum, with the addition of the 109th signature. The signature, by Congressman Ralph Hall of Texas, places discharge petition 11 halfway to the goal of 218 signatures, a total that guarantees not only that “Obamacare” repeal legislation would receive a vote but also that ‘Obamacare” would be repealed.

‘With the addition of Congressman Hall’s signature, we now have 109 Members of the House of Representatives on record calling for full repeal of ‘Obamacare’, including Republican Leader Boehner, Republican Whip Cantor and GOP Conference Chairman Pence. I expect these numbers to continue to swell as Members of Congress return to Washington after hearing from their constituents over the July 4th holiday period.’

A list of Members who have signed on to the legislation (organized by state) has been provided below:

12.7.10

Just when one thinks one has heard it all, a quick browse of the local paper reinforces the notion that sheer stupidity is an infinite commodity.

This is especially true in a Sanctuary City such as San Jose, California, where moon bats and lunatics with far too much idle time on their hands seek to interpret the law as an item of fickle, subject to the needs and wishes of the underrepresented, under served, and under intelligent.

As reported in the San Jose Mercury News, in part:

“Opponents of police vehicle impoundment practices are hitting the streets, intent on warning motorists of police checkpoints in Santa Rosa and Petaluma.

“Protesters holding signs in Spanish will continue to show up at checkpoints to protest 30-day impoundments of vehicles operated by drivers without valid licenses, said Alicia Roman, a Santa Rosa attorney who is a member of the Committee for Immigrant Rights.

“The cost of reclaiming an impounded auto, typically $2,000, places an "undue hardship" on low-income people, including Latino immigrants, she said. "People are upset this is going on," Roman said.”

An urgent message from Earth to Roman, NOT in Spanish:

People are also upset that drivers (Latinos included!) are breaking the law by driving while drunk, without a license, and without insurance. Citizens are also enraged that illegal aliens are even on our roadways, given the fact that they have no legal or moral basis for being in America!

The referenced report continues:

“Police officials, who have discussed the issue with Roman's group and American Civil Liberties Union representatives, say the checkpoints are both legal and appropriate.

"I believe it is an effective strategy for making the streets safer," said Santa Rosa Police Chief Tom Schwedhelm.

"There are consequences for not following the law," he said, regarding the impoundments and cost of getting the car back.

“Petaluma Police Sgt. Ken Savano, who coordinates checkpoints, acknowledged that the protesters are exercising their First Amendment right of free speech and may do so as long as they do not obstruct sidewalks or get in a roadway.

“But he also suggested that the protests might enable alcohol-impaired drivers, "who could kill any one of us," to evade the checkpoints.

“Roman said the checkpoint protests are intended to warn Spanish-speaking drivers, including illegal immigrants whose status prohibits them from obtaining California driver's licenses.

"We are not out there to help drunk drivers," she said.”

Urgent message 2 to moon bat Roman:

It may not be your intent to help drunken drivers, Ms. Roman, but that may, in fact, be the result of your actions.

Are you and your group prepared to accept liability for anyone killed or injured by a drunken driver that was warned off a check point by your reckless actions?

As one who alleges to be interested in advocating on behalf of the poor and immigrants, why do not act responsibly by advising your clients NOT to drive with out a license or insurance, or while under the influence?

With all due respect, Ms. Roman, the problem is with those who break the law, not with the law.

As a legal professional, you should be presenting a responsible message to your constituents, rather than shielding them from the law which will eventually catch up with even the cleverest of miscreants!

By the way, using Spanish signs in the manner described seems to be a type of racial profiling!

Not that The One gives a dithering damn, but President Obama’s idiotic decision to sue an American state for defending its borders and American citizens may prove critical in the mid-term elections scheduled less than four months hence.

Indeed, while Obama and his race-baiting political mobsters were counting on the law suit against Arizona’s SB 1070 to paint Republicans into a corner, thereby scoring electoral advantage for Democrats in November, the exact opposite may be in the offing for those foolish enough to follow the Pied Piper of bigotry and racism over the illegal alien cliff.

As reported by the New York Times, in part:

“BOSTON — In a private meeting with White House officials this weekend, Democratic governors voiced deep anxiety about the Obama administration’s suit against Arizona’s new immigration law, worrying that it could cost a vulnerable Democratic Party in the fall elections.

“At the Democrats’ meeting on Saturday, some governors bemoaned the timing of the Justice Department lawsuit, according to two governors who spoke anonymously because the discussion was private.

“Universally the governors are saying, ‘We’ve got to talk about jobs,’ ” Gov. Phil Bredesen of Tennessee, a Democrat, said in an interview. “And all of a sudden we have immigration going on.”

He added, “It is such a toxic subject, such an important time for Democrats.’”

Toxic seems an perfectly apt description for the entire Obama presidency, not only for Democrats, but for America in general.

Still, Obama’s clumsy attempt to exploit illegal aliens for political gain will produce a delicious irony if in fact, it helps defeat liberals in the process!

“Ugandan officials had suspected the Somali group of being behind the late Sunday attacks, which took place on two sites in the Ugandan capital as people watched the World Cup final.

“The attacks are the first time that the al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab has attacked sites outside Somalia.”

Once again, those who believe that Islamofascists deserve to be treated with more compassion than mad dogs are reminded of the brutal truth: Religion of Peace maggots must be destroyed before they destroy all that is good and Godly.

Refusing to identify these killers by name, as is the current policy of the anti-war-on-terror dim wits now in power, does not in any way help.

In fact, the Obama-Holder surrender tactics only serve to embolden killers.

11.7.10

After 75 minutes of heart-stopping boredom, in which the score between soccer teams from Spain and the Netherlands was tied at 0-0, the global embarrassment known as the World Cup was mercifully consigned to the cupboard of anonymity for another four years.

After a month-long stupor in which scores of thousands of normally docile fans resorted to protracted drunkenness just to tolerate the incessant, idiotic blasting of vuvuzelas, the final vuvuzela has been silenced and the mostly deaf and daft fans sent home.

Thanks and glory be to Spain midfielder Andres Iniesta who scored the sole goal and the one that put an end to this awful nightmare.

This World Cup final proved, beyond any doubt, the overwhelming superiority of America’s vuvuzela-less culture.

Indeed, while dazed Europeans and Latin Americans were worshipping at the altar of zeros, American superstar LeBron James was nailing down a contract that may earn him as much as 1 plus nine zeros, or a cool billion dollars!

Guess what? LeBron can score and that’s what makes sports interesting and profitable!

So, again, I say: Keep your 0-0 World Cup silliness and the zillions of vuvuzelas.

Give me the good-old fashioned American sport of ripping off vuvuzela-less fans for all the booty they are worth!

Just what is it about bilingualism that pushes certain liberals over the edge and into the streets as "Tower of Babel" sales sharks?

Take Barack Obama, for example.

Although the Anointed One rarely makes much sense, his cynical brand of radical extremism was particularly evident when he foolishly chided Americans for not being more language diverse.

This despite the fact that the Obama One is, himself, fluent only in English. Bilingual he is not, and not likely to become.

Obama's offensive language meddling during the 2008 campaign reflects a gooey-eyed predilection for bilingualism common among clueless liberals.

According to elitist "progressive" standards, speaking at least two languages automatically makes one a better citizen of the world, more spiritual, more human, more deserving of everything including sexual pleasure.

Proficiency in three or more languages confers the honor of Intellectual Elitist on one so blessed, according to liberals.

Phooey!

Fact of the matter is that bilingualism is promoted in America for two equally sinister reasons:

* To provide additional income for teachers who specialize in ripping off the public in multiple languages, a skill which earns said educators premium pay, and

* To pander to illegal aliens who want all of the goodies accruing to those living in America, but who have absolutely no interest whatsoever in assimilating into American mainstream culture.

Despite the fact that English is the language of international business as well as being mandatory for those who work in the airline industry everywhere on the planet, far too many Hispanics are down right skittish when it comes to English.

For such people, bilingualism is cool, provided that the two languages involved are Mexican and Spanish.

When push comes to shove, such people inevitably stoop to charges of Racism! against Americans who advocate preservation of English as the language of commerce, law, education, government, and culture in these United States.

Unfortunately, liberals almost always join Hispanics in their bitter opposition to English; greedy Democratic politicians trolling for Hispanic votes are the culprits here.

However, while the left can be counted on to scream Racism! at anything even remotely resembling pro-English advocacy, these same warriors become dead silent when it comes to Hispanics and their fondness for Spanish.

How is it that American citizens who are strongly pro-English can be thought of as bigoted racists, while Hispanics who are just as ardently pro-Spanish (and anti-English) are not?

During his "talking down" to American parents about language diversity, Barack Obama went so far as to suggest that adults should assure that their children can speak and understand Spanish.

Time to wake up, Mr. Obama, and other out-of-touch liberals!

Trashing people for speaking their native tongue at home, and then nagging at them to learn a foreign language common to illegal aliens, may be cool for a "Community Organizer" in Illinois, but it is downright foolish for a elected to serve in the White House on behalf of American citizens.

Rather than encouraging Americans to learn Spanish, Obama should remind Hispanic parents that English is the international language of business, and is increasingly so every day. English proficiency is also required for US citizenship.

Hispanic parents with a genuine concern for the future well being of their children should make sure that those children can speak, write, and understand English. Fluently!

Which is not to say that proficiency in multiple languages should not be encouraged.

However, it is to say that first and foremost, children should be taught English. Nothing should interfere with achievement of that objective.

For enlightenment, consider what is happening in France:

As reported in the Daily Mail article found at the link, Xavier Darcos, France's Education Minister, has now admitted for the first time that the secret to success is speaking better English, and says that poor English is a 'handicap' because all international business is conducted in the language.

Darcos added that he wanted to make it easier for all French students to learn English, saying that 'while well-off families pay for study sessions abroad, I'm offering them to everyone right here.'

He went on to state that said French schools would offer extra English lessons during the holidays.